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Pagina 2
A few easy examples will put the reader in possession of the nature of the thing.
When a Welshman speaks English in Shakspeare he often substitutes P for B, as
Fluellen in Henry V. act v. sc. i : ' pragging knave, Pistoll, which you and your self
...
A few easy examples will put the reader in possession of the nature of the thing.
When a Welshman speaks English in Shakspeare he often substitutes P for B, as
Fluellen in Henry V. act v. sc. i : ' pragging knave, Pistoll, which you and your self
...
Pagina 3
There are traces of this kind between the English on the one hand and the
Classical languages on the other. We suppose the reader is familiar with the
twofold division of the mute consonants into lip, tooth, and throat consonants in
the one ...
There are traces of this kind between the English on the one hand and the
Classical languages on the other. We suppose the reader is familiar with the
twofold division of the mute consonants into lip, tooth, and throat consonants in
the one ...
Pagina 5
... the German word 5lmt are intended to bracket together the initial letters of
Thins, Medials, and Aspirates, so as to represent the order of transition. These
examples will suffice if they satisfy the reader that here we have traces of a
regular law.
... the German word 5lmt are intended to bracket together the initial letters of
Thins, Medials, and Aspirates, so as to represent the order of transition. These
examples will suffice if they satisfy the reader that here we have traces of a
regular law.
Pagina 27
We may reasonably suppose that the Beowulf then received those last touches
which are still visible to the reader as masking or softening the latent
heathendom of that poem. They also had their domestic annals, written in the
Anglian dialect ...
We may reasonably suppose that the Beowulf then received those last touches
which are still visible to the reader as masking or softening the latent
heathendom of that poem. They also had their domestic annals, written in the
Anglian dialect ...
Pagina 38
It is not easy to throw light on an ancient speech by description, unless the writer
is aided by the studies of the reader. It would be vain to assume an English public
to be acquainted with the elder form of their mother tongue ; and therefore we ...
It is not easy to throw light on an ancient speech by description, unless the writer
is aided by the studies of the reader. It would be vain to assume an English public
to be acquainted with the elder form of their mother tongue ; and therefore we ...
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accent adjective adverb already altered ancient appears become beginning belongs called cause century character Chaucer close common compared compound conjunction continued dialect distinction early effect element English example existence expression fact familiar flexion French function German give grammatical Greek habit hand idea illustration indicate infinitive inflections instances interjection kind King language Latin less letter literature look lost manner means mind nature never noun observe once original passed perhaps period person philological plural poetry position preposition present probably pronoun pronunciation Queene reader reason regard represented retained Saxon seems seen sense sentence sometimes sort sound speak speech spelling stand strong substantive syllable symbolic taken term thing thou thought tion traces translation true verb vowel whole word writing written
Informazioni bibliografiche
| Titolo | The Philology of the English Tongue Clarendon Press series |
| Autore | John Earle |
| Editore | Clarendon Press, 1871 |
| Provenienza dell'originale | Università di Princeton |
| Digitalizzato | 3 mar 2009 |
| Lunghezza | 599 pagine |
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